Truck



Feb. 6, 1940. w. w. TRIPP ET AL TRUCK Filed April 5, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet l gvwe/wtow: WEAVER W. TRIPP AND RUSSELL H. KALE Feb. 6, 1940. v w w TR P ET AL 2,189,089

TRUCK Filed April 5, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WEAVER VY. TRIPP AND RUSSELL H. KHLE Patented: Feb. 6, 1940 it in connection with This invention relates to a truck for support in whiching boxes, containers, and the like, and more especially to one which supports the-same while they are being filled. More particularly, the" in-' 13 vention relates to a truck for supporting a-box in an inclined position while thel'same is being filled with cones of yarn in a textile mill." It is a well known fact that when conesofyarn a're removed fromthe spindles and placed in'a conl v A portion of Figure 1;,

tainerfor shipment it is necessary to provide a movable support for the container so that the container may be moved from place to'place as the cones of yarn are removed and packed.

, Where thecontaineris supported with its side} walls in, a vertical position it is necessary for the workmen t'ostoop at a very. great angle when placing the cones therein,,-thereby entailing a great deal of labor during 'the packingoperation. The angular support for the container" eliminates this extra labor andv at the same time makes it possible to entirely fill the s'ame whileit is thus supported: 'After the box has been filled, 'it usually weighs several hundred pounds, and it is therefore necessary to provide a tippi'ng echanism for releasing-the box froma'truck' so that it may be automatically placed upon the fio'or at a desired location, without the necessity of the weight of the box being manually lifted bythe' operators. I

It is thereforeQan object ofthis inventionto provide a truck for supporting a container while the same is being filled, saidtruck having an inclined archsupport for normally supporting the container in an inclined position so that it may be filled'before closing the same and having means forreleasing the supportingmeans for said container to allow the same to slide downwardly upon the floor after the container has been transported to the desired location. 'As the conjta'iner strikes the floorthe inertia stored in the falling container will cause it to assume an up-,

rightpositi'on, standing on end, due to the friction between the container and the floor on which it isdeposited, as shown in Figure '7.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a truck of the class described, said truck having manually operated means secured thereto for causing the framework of the truck to frictionally engage the floor upon which it rests to prevent any relative movement between this truck and the floor while the container thereon is being filled. j l

Some of the objects of the invention having 55 been statedfother objects will appear when taken PATENT} [OFFICE the accompanying drawings I Figure l is an elevation of the truck showing a container placed thereon'in the position which it normally occupies while the same is being filled with cones of yarn Figure 2 is a sectional plan view taken along line 2-2 in'Figure l, omitting the container;

Figure 3 is an elevation looking at the left-hand Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an exploded isometric view'of the I left-hand portion of ping mechanism;

Figure 6 is a view taken along the line 6-6 in Figure 1 showing the tripof yarn are packed inthe container, the coverbeing removed, and showing the container only swivel wheel M, saiclswivel wheel being rotatably supported as at 15 beneath the "rearn' ost end of framework l0. Secured to the lower'side of the framework I0 is also apair of flanged collars ll, eac'h'of which have slidably mounted therein a vertical shaft 18, said shaft having a head portion l9 integral with its lower end for engaging the floor when it is desired to place a breaking action upon the truck while its container is being packedfull of cones. The shaft 18 has a pin 20 extending therefromlwhich penetrates an L-shaped slot 22 cut in the member 11. Thepin 20 is used When it is desired to allow the members I8 or I9 Figure 1, showing the manner in which cones showing the --position of the to be lowered to. a fioor-engaging position as 

